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Category Archives: School
The unschooling antidote to sheepwalking
I define sheepwalking as the outcome of hiring people who have been raised to be obedient and giving them brain-dead jobs and enough fear to keep them in line…It’s ironic but not surprising that in our age of increased reliance … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged algebra, education, learning, life learning, masters degree, school, Seth Godin, sheepwalker, sheepwalking, Tribes, underground tunnel, unschooling
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High school Chemistry – 26 years later
This is my high school Chemistry notebook from my Senior year. My Mom found it somewhere and had it out when we arrived in Indiana on Monday evening. I have been looking through it, alternately shaking my head and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged boyles law, chemistry, education, elements, high school, homeschooling, learning, life learning, periodic table, school, science, unschooling
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Whole lotta talkin’ going on…& we’ve heard it all before
Here’s a list of actual headlines from the NYTimes over the past few weeks, dealing with education or schools or teaching: “Are suspensions an effective method of disciplining students?” “Profits & Questions at Online Charter Schools” “Pay Data Sought for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged education, Finland, headlines, learning, life learning, Michael Winerip, motherlode, NYTimes, race to nowhere, school, unschooling
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The latest fad in high end, high cost education is….?
Hey, you know what’s a great toy? Blocks. Just wooden blocks of all shapes and sizes. What, you knew that already? Did you know that many kids really like to play with them? That some kids can come up with … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Unschooling
Tagged aesthetics, architecture, Ben, block consultant, blocks, education, learning, life learning, math, NY Times, play, science, test, unschooling
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Real life experience trumps school….again
As I was getting caught up on the NY Times (3 days’ worth that had found their way to the couch where I write in the evenings) I came across this article in yesterdays’ Home section about 19 year old … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged education, FIT, interior design, learning, life learning, NY Times, Sam Allen, school, school brain, unschooling
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Ron Paul & the Dept. of Education
Ron Paul is in favor of doing away with the Federal Dept. of Education. On his webpage, he says that education decisions should be made at the state, local and personal level; that “parents should have the right to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged 2001 Space Odyssey, Dept of Ed, education, hal, homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, Local, NYTimes, Ron Paul, school, States, taxes, unschooling, weapons of mass instruction
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A little more from James Herndon
I have this (possibly annoying to the people forced to listen) tendency to be a ‘sneezer’. A sneezer is someone, according to Seth Godin, author of The Purple Cow, who can be counted on to tell absolutely everyone they know … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged How to Survive in Your Native Land, jail, James Herndon, learning, life learning, Seth Godin, sneeze, the Purple Cow, unschooling
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At the beginning of another great read
In A Life Worth Living, (John Holt’s selected letters) Holt mentions a lot of other books; books by George Dennison and James Herndon and Ivan Illich. I’d read Illich’s Deschooling Society years ago, but other than that, the authors and … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged A Life Worth Living, education, George Dennison, homeschooling, How to Survive in Your Native Land, James Herndon, John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, public schooling, Susannah Sheffer, unschooling
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The LKDWTW approach and what (sometimes) happens without it
The story I’m about to tell is true. I’m keeping it completely anonymous, although I suspect some of my readers will know who I’m talking about. I’m using it as an example because I believe it is not unique; in … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, School, Uncategorized, Unschooling
Tagged control, education, fear, gaming, homeschooling, integrity, learning, life learning, sabbatical, unschooling
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